What is Groupt hink?

What is Groupt hink? How does it develop? How does it negatively affect group communication and problem solving? How can groupthink be prevented or eliminated?

Discuss Juan Enriquez’s notion of “electronic tattoos” and their threat to privacy.

Please read the following JSTOR article:Lord Ragland, “Myth and Ritual.”Please view the following video on Netflix:“Nosedive,” Black Mirror (Season 3, Episode 1).Please view the following TED Talk:Juan Enriquez, “Your Online Life, Permanent as a Tattoo.”https://www.ted.com/talks/juan_enriquez_your_online_life_permanent_as_a_tattoo/up-nextPlease read the following articles on China’s “social credit system”:Rachel Botsman, “Big Data Meets Big Brother as China Moves to Rate Its Citizens”- https://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-credit-score-privacy-invasionMeg Jing Zeng, “China’s Social Credit System Puts Its People Under Pressure to Be Model Citizens”- https://theconversation.com/chinas-social-credit-system-puts-its-people-under-pressure-to-be-model-citizens-89963Alexandra Ma, “China Has Started Ranking Citizens with a Creepy ‘Social Credit’ System—Here’s What You Can Do Wrong, and the Embarrassing, Demeaning Ways They Can Punish You.”Discussions- https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4Technology: Role and PlaceFor this discussion, respond to two of the five prompts below:1. Discuss your use of social media in both a personal and professional context by selecting one example of each. How do the numerous avatars from the contexts relate to one another? How do they lend themselves to self-mythologizing? How closely related are these avatars to creation myths? Explain.2. Discuss how the internet is both a platform for belief and for ritual. Select at least four websites or forums with which you participate regularly, and evaluate your participation.3. Discuss Juan Enriquez’s notion of “electronic tattoos” and their threat to privacy.4. Summarize Ragland’s argument regarding the relationship between myth and ritual. How do these issues inform contemporary uses of technology? How is the ever-growing promise of technology’s possibilities mythic? Why does this understanding matter? Explain.5. Select one of the three articles related to China’s proposed social credit system, and discuss potential impacts, either positive or negative. How realistic does Black Mirror’s “Nosedive” episode seem as an artistic rendering of such a future? Explain.

Discuss Living Constitution Doctrine.

1) Definition: A single sentence summary of what the term means. 2) Explanation of why this term is important for understanding American politics. 3) Comparison/Example: You can either compare the term with another term on the final exam study guide, and explain why/how they are related(these terms can be found on the bottom of the desription) Or, you can provide a specific example of the term and explain why this example fits the term in question. Possible Terms: • Living Constitution Doctrine • Going Public • Agenda Setting • Heuristic (in voter decision-making) • Street Level Bureaucrat • Norm of Neutrality • Police Patrol Oversight and Fire Alarm Oversight (for this term your definition/explanation will need to cover both terms) • Framing Effect Please include enough details to make the various parts of your answer comprehensible to a moderately informed reader. Terms of the study guide for question 3:Veto, Pocket Veto, President as Chief Clerk, Executive Agreement, Executive Order, Going Public, Presidential Mandate, Signing Statement, “Take Care” Clause, Principal Agent Dilemma, Street Level Bureaucrat, Types of bureaucratic agencies, Presidential Cabinet, Red Tape, Police Patrol Oversight, Fire Alarm Oversight, Marbury V. Madison, Supreme Court Appointment, Judicial Activism, Judicial Restraint, Living Constitution Doctrine, Judicial Review, Standing, Granting certiorari, Political Socialization, Heuristic (in voter decision-making), Cognitive Bias, Opinion Leader, Political Action Committees (PACs), Issue Publics, Framing Effects, Priming Effects, Media Bias

Discuss Women writers in Latin America.

Women have often been left out when people write about Latin America’s past and transformations within it. What difference does their inclusion make? And how might an intersectional approach (with attention to region, class, race, sexuality, etc.) shape how that inclusion is done?

Explain why the estimates from the two valuation methods differ.

You have been asked to perform a stock valuation prior to the annual shareholders meeting next week. The two models you have selected to value the firm are the dividend discount model and the discounted cash flow model. Explain why the estimates from the two valuation methods differ. Address the assumptions implicit in the models themselves as well as those you made during the valuation process.